Chapter 749: The Crown Prince of Joseon succeeds to the throne
The appraiser thought for a while and then spoke.
"These goods are worth almost three hundred silver dollars! This price is absolutely fair, and no one in the entire city of Incheon can give a higher price."
"But if you want banknotes, you can only pay two hundred and ninety yuan of Ming Dynasty banknotes!"
"Excuse me, would you like to pay in silver dollars or banknotes?"
When the soldiers of the Qing Dynasty heard this, they thought about it and were moved by the appraiser's words.
Three hundred silver dollars is not a small amount!
If you pay in silver dollars, it will be troublesome to carry it.
Three hundred silver dollars, one silver dollar weighs almost one tael, one catty sixteen taels, three hundred silver dollars can weigh almost twenty catties, which is not a small number.
It is much easier to carry banknotes!
Of course, the main reason why he can move his mind is not because banknotes are easy to carry.
But the credibility of the current Ming Dynasty banknotes is quite guaranteed!
Throughout East Asia, the traditional Celestial Kingdom was within its sphere of influence. In most countries and regions, the Ming Dynasty's banknotes were hard currency.
And you can redeem silver dollars at a premium at any time.
This is the key!
Didn’t I see that if you pay silver dollars here, you can redeem 300 yuan, but paper currency can only redeem 290 yuan?
The price difference of ten silver dollars is the premium of Ming Dynasty banknotes!
This is also proof of how hard Ming Dynasty banknotes are now!
Finally, the Qing soldier made up his mind and said.
"Exchange it all into banknotes, it's easier to carry!"
The appraiser nodded in agreement, then took out a stack of documents and signed on them.
After he signed, he handed the document to the Qing soldier opposite and said.
"Please sign to confirm!"
"After your guest signs here, I can issue a check for you, and then your guest can go to the counter to withdraw money."
The Qing soldier took the document, but he was neither literate nor able to write.
All I could do was take the ink pad and press it with my thumb. After my fingers were covered with ink pad, a red fingerprint was left on the document.
Seeing this, the appraiser took over the document and inspected it, and then began to issue a check for him.
The check was marked for a withdrawal of two hundred and ninety yuan in banknotes, as well as the appraiser's personal signature and seal.
The procedures are very complete!
"With the check, you can go to the counter and pay the corresponding silver dollars or banknotes directly!"
The Qing soldier on the opposite side took the check and asked in a low voice.
"Brother, I heard that you guys buy arms here. I don't know how to buy them specifically?"
When a soldier has money, besides taking it home to his family, the first choice for a soldier is to buy himself a good weapon.
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Before this Qing soldier pawned the stolen property, he had already made inquiries and knew that arms were sold in this shop.
It is said that many of the arms sold in this shop are 80% to 90% new weapons and ammunition that have been eliminated by the Ming army!
Although it is said to be a second-hand product that was eliminated by the Ming army, the quality is definitely not good!
When the appraiser heard this, his eyebrows raised, but he still spoke.
"Well, yes, there is, but the price is not cheap!"
When the Qing soldier heard this, he didn't care much and just said.
“As long as you have it, it’s fine if you have it, the price doesn’t matter!”
Weapons and equipment can save lives on the battlefield. As long as they are useful, it doesn't matter if they are expensive.
Seeing this, the appraiser said nothing more, stood up from his chair, and spoke.
"Come with me!"
As he spoke, he led people towards the backyard of the shop.
After arriving in the backyard, they walked through two doorways and walked outside a locked house.
The appraiser took out the key, opened the lock, pushed the door open and walked in.
The light in the room was a little dim, and the sunlight shone in from the open door, making the dust in the air clearly visible.
The Qing soldier squinted his eyes, and then he saw clearly what was in this house.
The most eye-catching thing is the set of half-breastplates placed in the middle!
The breastplate was rubbed with tung oil to preserve it, making it shiny.
There are faint marks left by swords on it, which are unusually conspicuous.
In addition to this set of half-breastplates, there is a musket, a bayonet, a Tang straight knife, as well as crossbows, arrows, grenades and other items.
But there is only one of each!
Let’s be clear, these are just samples!
Of course, the weapons sold by these merchants will definitely not be the weapons currently in service by the Ming army. They are basically second-hand goods that have been scrapped and discarded by the Ming army.
For example, muskets have no rifling, and grenades are not cord-type, but old-fashioned grenades that need to be ignited.
The gunpowder used in the musket and the explosive inside the grenade are only ordinary powdered black powder and have not been granulated.
Nothing else!
When the Qing soldier saw these weapons, his eyes shone brightly.
He strode into the house and kept caressing the samples, looking like a perverted idiot.
"Is that all these things? Just give me a price. If the price is right, I'll take them all!"
After inspecting the weapons and equipment in detail, the Qing soldier couldn't help but speak.
When the appraiser heard this, he shook his head and said.
“What’s here are just samples, not for sale!”
"If you want to buy weapons from us, you need to fill in the pre-order list first, and then we will transfer the goods from elsewhere."
"If I write that list now, when will the goods arrive?"
The Qing soldiers couldn't help but ask.
The appraiser said it directly without any hesitation.
"If nothing else, you can come to us to pick up the goods two to three days after filling in the pre-order list."
It is said that the goods are sourced from elsewhere, but that is not necessarily the case!
This store has a Ming Dynasty official background, and their cargo warehouse is actually floating on the sea outside Incheon Port.
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As soon as he said this, the Qing soldier showed emotion, and then followed the appraiser to fill out the pre-order list...
…
It’s the ninth day of October, the second year of the Ming Dynasty’s restoration!
The crown prince of Joseon, Li Zhen, received the imperial decree of canonization from the Emperor of Heaven.
"The emperor was entrusted with the destiny of heaven, and the edict said: Prince Yin of Joseon, who is gentle, courteous and thrifty, has both ability and political integrity, is sensitive and eager to learn, wise and trustworthy... can succeed the king of Joseon!"
"To show your enlightenment and your achievements!"
"Appreciate this!"
Zhong Ming personally led people to appear in front of Li Yan and read out the imperial edict of the Emperor of Heaven to Li Yan.
Li Yan, wearing a prince's python robe, knelt on the ground, kowtowed, and then spoke.
"Your Majesty, Prince Yin of the Joseon Dynasty, accept the order!"
"Long live my emperor, long live, long live, long live!"
"..."
However, when receiving the order, Li Yan's body was trembling slightly.
His face was completely expressionless, with no sign of joy at all.
However, at this time, he had finally figured it out and accepted the reality.
We no longer have any luck with North Korea's attachment to the Ming Dynasty.
Now he only hopes that the emperor of tomorrow can treat him and his family well!
Don't try to eradicate the roots after completely swallowing North Korea...
Afterwards, Li Yan was helped up from the ground, and several eunuchs came up and put the python robe and crown given by the emperor on Li Yan.
This is the robe of a prince!
According to etiquette, the King of Joseon, who was only a county king, was not qualified to wear this outfit.
However, as we all know, the Ming Dynasty always treated North Korea favorably. Although the King of North Korea was a county king, he was allowed to use the prince's robes as an exception to show his favor.
However, now Li Yan only feels ironic about the robe he is wearing.
Favor?
What kind of f*cking favor is this?
Li Yan was surrounded by people coming out of the post house and heading to the palace.
Prepare to pay homage to the Emperor and express gratitude!
In the Fengtian Hall, Zhu Hongyu sat on the dragon throne and accepted Li Yan's worship gracefully.
Then he said with an expressionless face.
"Qingjia Pingsheng!"
Li Yan got up from the ground and spoke.
"Your Majesty, now that our country's mountains and rivers are in ruins and people are suffering, we, the Li family, are really unable to protect the safety of North Korea."
"Today, all the people of Korea would like to present to Your Majesty an atlas of mountains and rivers, and attach it to the Ming Dynasty!"
"Please give me your Majesty's permission!"
Li Yan very wisely presented a letter of credence to the public and mentioned the attachment.
Zhu Hongyu heard this and knew that the time had come, so he no longer refused.
He said it directly.
"North Korea is our first vassal in the Ming Dynasty. All the people from top to bottom admire Wang Hua!"
"Now that North Korea is willing to annex itself to the Ming Dynasty, it is actually a blessing for the North Korean people!"
"But here, the contribution of the North Korean Lee family to the education of North Korea cannot be erased..."
Zhu Hongyu first highly praised North Korea's wisdom in embracing the Ming Dynasty.
Then there was praise for Lee's contribution to the education of North Korea.
At the end, Zhu Hongyu spoke.
"Pass the decree, the Jin Dynasty conferred the title of Prince to the King of Korea!"
"Reward a mansion in Nanjing City, 100,000 acres of fertile land, a manor in the south of the Yangtze River, ten pairs of Ruyi jade, ten pairs of palace lanterns, a thousand pieces of Sichuan brocade, a set of exquisite porcelain specially provided by the royal family, a set of Suzhou embroidery four-season robes, and a leather crown for the prince.
bring……"
In addition to these rewards, there are a lot of gold, silver, jewelry, maids and slaves, and the like.
Although North Korea was "voluntarily" attached to the Ming Dynasty through many of his means.
But Zhu Hongyu doesn't mind handling the beginning and end of the matter beautifully!
Give generous rewards to the Korean royal family to show the favor of the Chinese emperor!
Let other vassal states also see the benefits of annexing the Ming Dynasty. After they can no longer survive in their own country, they can also annex the Ming Dynasty...
To put it bluntly, it’s just a window dressing!
For some big countries with good national strength, they are definitely not willing to annex the Ming Dynasty.
When you go to Nanjing to become a rich man, how can you have the comfort of being domineering in your own country?
But for some small countries with a population of less than ten thousand and a small territory, maybe he will be tempted!
It's not wrong to hit three shots with or without dates on this matter, and there won't be any losses anyway.
Compared with the benefits that Ming Dynasty could get from annexing North Korea, these rewards Zhu Hongyu gave to the King of North Korea are completely worth mentioning.
…
The court finally finalized the matter of annexation of North Korea!
The Ming Dynasty also began to prepare for sending troops to regain North Korea and publicity matters.
The Ming Dynasty's mouthpiece, the Ming Dynasty Daily, published lengthy articles on the North Korean annexation.
And constantly showed how much benefit North Korea would bring to Ming Dynasty!
And, in the official propaganda of Ming Dynasty!
This time North Korea annexed it, the whole country was crying and shouting, and wrote several times to annex it to Ming Dynasty.
The Ming Dynasty was originally unwilling to agree, but in the end it couldn't save face, so it was forced to agree to North Korea's annexation!
He kept emphasizing that the Ming Dynasty's takeover of North Korea this time was bright, just, in line with etiquette and law, and beneficial to the world.
To put it bluntly, Zhu Hongyu is cleaning up the ground for himself!
Well, he wants face!
…
Staff office, conference room!
At this time, the General Staff was still discussing the matter of sending troops to North Korea.
The senior staff officers of the general staff racked their brains to plan how the Ming Dynasty should conquer North Korea.
In fact, it was not difficult for Ming Dynasty to stabilize North Korea militarily.
At this time, the army of the Korean Kingdom had almost been defeated or incorporated by the invading Manchu Qing Dynasty.
Of the entire military on the Korean Peninsula, only the Qing army is now mature and large-scale.
And after the new year, or at the latest in the first half of next year, the Qing army will take these troops to conquer the Japanese across the sea!
At that time, the Ming army only needs to send troops to take over North Korea's defense.
There may be fighting, but it certainly won't be too intense.
The real trouble is actually the Ming Dynasty's effective occupation of the place.
Even if North Korea has a high degree of Chineseization, even if the Manchu Qing Dynasty has the inherent power to do the dirty work for the Ming Dynasty to clean up North Korea.
If Ming Dynasty wanted to eat the entire North Korea in one bite, there would definitely be resistance!
There will definitely be some stubborn vested interests in North Korea who choose to stand on the opposite side of Ming Dynasty for their own interests and fight for North Korea's "independence" and "freedom."
These people are the real trouble!
At that time, in order to stabilize the situation in North Korea, Ming Dynasty will inevitably station troops in North Korea.
…
After Zhu Hongyu finished his lunch and took a lunch break, he met with He Wen'an in the imperial study.
He Wen'an was an old minister. He had already won the Jinshi title and became an official in the Chongzhen year.
It's a pity that not long after he became an official, the Jiashen national crisis broke out!
Facing the iron hoof of the Qing army, although He Wen'an was afraid of death and did not commit suicide for his country, he did not choose to become an official in the Qing Dynasty, which could be regarded as retaining the last of his integrity.
He is similar to Qian Qianyi!
He was afraid of death, but he was also unwilling to become a traitor and work for the Manchus.
After the restoration of the Ming Dynasty, He Wen'an chose to become an official again, hoping to show his ambition.
Zhu Hongyu couldn't say he liked such a courtier, but he didn't dislike him either.
Because there is really nothing to say about being afraid of death. Everyone is afraid of death, it is human nature!
Furthermore, after living in this era for a long time, Zhu Hongyu's already flexible moral bottom line has become even more flexible now.
Today, the reason why Zhu Hongyu chose to summon He Wen'an was because He Wen'an wrote to Zhu Hongyu about resuming water transportation.
Zhu Hongyu couldn't make up his mind for a while, so he summoned He Wen'an for questioning.